If you are considering Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro, GLP-1 medical weight loss, bariatric surgery, or excess skin removal after weight loss , understanding your insurance coverage is one of the most important first steps
Currently, only 11 states cover GLP-1s for weight loss under their state employee health plan, nine states provide coverage under their state Medicaid program, and five states provide coverage under both programs
These insights are based on Ro's GLP-1 Insurance Coverage Checker user data between August 13, 2024 - April 17, 2025
Yes, it is possible
33 Although decreases in gastric emptying via GLP-1RAs help prevent overnutrition by decreasing nutrient absorption, there is concern that patients could be at risk of nutrient deficiencies driven by malabsorption from delayed gastric emptying
Figure 17: Photograph of Professor Viktor Mutt (1923-1998) standing next to Sephadex column